physics and caning

I have been spending the day with my books preparing for my exam next month. I don't expect to succeed so will be working hard to do so. Anyway, once I had finished I came to think about classical mechanics (you do if you lead a sad geeky life like mine!) And most importantly Newton's Laws of motion (it is said that Mr Newton was driven mad coming up with and defending these laws). Newton's second law states that Force = mass x acceleration. So, if I increase the accereration of my cane stroke then the force of the stroke applied will increase. Where the acceleration is radial, and is solved via a trigonometric function (bored yet? I am thinking you must be!!). So other than practising accuracy I must increase both my acceleration and the size of my swing to increase the force of my stroke. Now, I am off to practise Newton's fourth law of motion with my partner...